pecl-apc will be deprecated soon. php 5.5 will use zendopcache, which is already in portage. But the zendopcache doesn't have a user data cache. APCu is exactly the user data cache from APC without the opcode cache. Reproducible: Always
We'll get to it. APCu is a bit more tricky to add since it will conflict with existing packages so it is not the typical clean create & commit.
(In reply to comment #0) > pecl-apc will be deprecated soon. Do you have a reference for this one by the way? It makes sense that it will be deprecated, but I have seen no official sign of that.
Oops, sorry! I was wrong. pecl-apc won't be deprecated soon. Here's the answer of Joe Watkins (Maintainer of APCu) regarding deprecation. <mail_of_joe> Hi there, The plan is not to deprecate APC, as far as I am aware. Eventually it will become obsolete on it's own, but it will remain in PECL and continue to get some development and fixes for some time to come. 5.5 is bleeding edge, still in the Beta phase, Opcache must be considered the same. The vast majority of users will not be running 5.5 for a couple of years yet most likely, if not longer. APCu does not remove the upload progress support from the APC code base, but as Laurence has mentioned there is now maintained support in the session extension for that feature, at some time in the distant future it may be removed from APCu. Cheers Joe </mail_of_joe> More to APCu (german): http://it-republik.de/php/news/APCu-Autor-Joe-Watkins-erklaert-worauf-wir-achten-muessen-066942.html
Thanks. Anyways, the extension is available in CVS now.
